AstraZeneca – AstraZeneca to chop Covid-19 vaccine supply to EU by 60 per cent, in contemporary blow to bloc
AstraZeneca is to chop deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60 per cent within the first quarter of the 12 months as a consequence of manufacturing issues, in a blow to the bloc’s efforts to push again in opposition to the virus.
The British agency was anticipated to ship about 80 million doses to the 27 EU international locations by the tip of March, however now solely 31 million shall be delivered.
The lower will additional hamper Europe’s Covid-19 vaccination drive after Pfizer and associate BioNTech slowed provides of their vaccine this week, saying the transfer was wanted due to work to ramp up manufacturing.
The UK is not going to be affected by the shortfall, insiders confused, as a result of the vast majority of doses, produced along side the College of Oxford, are manufactured on this nation.
A spokesman for AstraZeneca, mentioned: “Whereas there isn’t any scheduled delay to the beginning of shipments of our vaccine ought to we obtain approval in Europe, preliminary volumes shall be decrease than initially anticipated as a consequence of decreased yields at a producing website inside our European provide chain.
“We will be supplying tens of millions of doses in February and March to the European Union, as we continue to ramp up production volumes.”
